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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsIreland, Spain and Norway have announced they will recognise a Palestinian state as Israel accused the nations of “rewarding” Hamas for its brutal attack on 7 October.The move is seen by all three countries as necessary to secure a two-state solution and ensure peace for both the Israeli and Palestinian people, and it comes amid mounting international criticism over Israel’s plans to conduct a full-scale offensive in the besieged southern Gaza city of Rafah, where…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Cole Palmer has led Chelsea players’ tributes to Mauricio Pochettino following his departure after just one season in charge. The Argentine leaves one year into a two-year deal, having finished sixth in the Premier League after winning their final five games of the season. But after his future was the subject of an internal end-of-season review, including the owners and Chelsea’s sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, many of the players appeared stunned by the news.Palmer…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsUK inflation has fallen by lower than expected, despite falling gas and electricity prices, dashing hopes that the Bank of England will lower interest rates at its next meeting in June.The figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday morning showed that the consumer price index was 2.3 per cent in April, down from 3.2 per cent in March.It marks the lowest level since July 2021, however it is still 0.3 percentage…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailJon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday evening to lay into the conservative media ecosystem in a tour de force rant about so-called cancel culture and censorship hypocrisy, reserving particular animosity for Fox News host Sean Hannity, whom he unforgettably branded “a meat bag support system for a forehead vein”.The liberal comedy icon has returned to the Comedy Central show that made his name in time for the 2024 election year and dedicated his latest monologue…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Marcus Rashford played in a European Championships at 18, four months after he was an unknown who had never played first-team football. At 26, a year after the season of his life, he has not made the provisional 33-man squad, let alone the final cut. The rise of Rashford was initially a swift, startling affair. If last season brought the resurgence of Rashford, with a career-best 30 goals, this brought a sudden, shocking fall that has led…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPictures of multiple solid gold bars and wads of cash stuffed into boots were among items shown to jurors in the ongoing criminal bribery trial of embattled Senator Bob Menendez.The collection of images, taken by federal authorities, showed confiscated valuables that had been shoved haphazardly around the New Jersey home of the Democrat’s wife, Nadine Menendez.Mr Menendez, his wife and three New Jersey men – Wael Hana, Fred Daibes and Jose Uribe – were indicted in September 2023…

A half-time challenge during a Mexican football game has gone viral after both supporters went to great lengths to win.Things went off the rails early in the relay race, which took place last Thursday during a match between Cruz Azul and Monterrey, as one man pushed another off of the balance beam after clearing a few hurdles.As his rival tumbled to the floor, the cheeky fan crawled through a tunnel at the next stage of the race.But the other supporter came back to get his revenge, shoving the other through a cutout hole before jogging past.As the pair set up…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USFootage of a woman emerging from her secret home inside a sign on top of a Family Dollar store has been released by police after her story went viral. The 34-year-old woman had been living in the sign on top of the retailer in Michigan for about a year, she told officers as they escorted her off the property. Her accommodation even included bedding, a desk, a houseplant, a computer printer, a Keurig coffeemaker and food.The…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England captain Harry Kane has recovered from a back injury and is desperate to break his trophy duck at Euro 2024, according to boss Gareth Southgate.Kane was substituted during the second half of Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final second-leg defeat at Real Madrid a fortnight ago and subsequently missed the last two Bundesliga games.Outgoing Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel raised concerns about Kane’s fitness by saying there was a “complete blockage” and he struggled to move.But Southgate has…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump has lashed out once again at Joe Biden and the US Department of Justice after classified documents were found in his bedroom at Mar-a-Lago.The former president, in a typically loud post on his social media platform Truth Social, claimed that FBI agents had been authorized to use “deadly force” during the “unconstitutional” raid of his Florida property.Four documents marked “classified” were found in Mr Trump’s personal bedroom, according to a newly unsealed opinion by by U.S.…